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November 30, 2007
Bureauweenies Better at Disposing of Cash Than Grease
Posted by Dave Blount at November 30, 2007 10:51 AM
Bureauweenies are to be congratulated on their creativity in finding new ways to waste taxpayer money. The City of Houston wants to solve the problem of grease clogging sewer lines by handing out 15,000 foil bags, into which citizens are to pour fat instead of down the drain, where their money goes. The cost: $63,000.
Granted 15,000 foil bags won't go far in a city of 2.1 million. But the important thing is for everyone to realize that bureaucrats are on top of the problem.
A voice of sanity on the City Council, Anne Clutterbuck observes:
Buying fat trapper bags when anyone could use an old tomato can or a piece of aluminum foil is to me a silly use of taxpayer dollars.
At least they aren't proposing a fat trapper bag for everyone, along with a new Department of Grease Disposal to enforce compliance.
Hat tip: blogHOUSTON.net, on a tip from Byron.
